On our first weekend in Tokyo we decided to hit a popular sake bar called Buri, located in the Ebisu district of Tokyo. Entering through the tinted glass doors I didn’t realize how small the standing room only bar was.

Arriving at Tsukiji Fish Market at 2am and being told that the tuna auction was full was dejecting but the good news was we were 3 hours early before the sushi restaurants open. And before you ask the question, yes

The Japanese love their donuts and one of the largest chains in Japan is Mister Donut. No longer existing in North America you can only get Mister Donut donuts in Asia and they have created flavours specific to the Asian

One of the more fun places we ate at in Kyoto was at Hakuri Tabai Hanbey Izakaya – the locals call it “Hanbey” for short. An izakaya chain in Japan, this location was located on the main retail strip in

I’ve got a lot of favourite places in Japan, as my friends I travelled with can attest to, but Nishiki Market ranks as one of my top culinary places to visit. Its really because this market allows you to taste

Mollette Kitchen, a restaurant located in the Isetan department store in Kyoto’s JR Station, specializes in omu-rice. This dish, as the name may suggest, is a combination of an egg omelette stuffed with fried rice. But not just any fried

When my family insisted that I take my friends to Hiroshima to visit the Peace Memorial Museum and the Genbaku Dome, there was one other place I knew we needed to go – Okonomimura, the ultimate place to go for

The first part of my Japan trip consisted of four nights in Kyoto’s Ryokan Heianbo. I’ve had traditional Japanese breakfasts before but I wasn’t sure how my friends would like it which is why I really appreciated that Ryokan Heianbo

A popular chain in Japan (we had to wait about 30 minutes for a table), Tonkatsu Wako is a restaurant specializing in deep fried pork cutlets. Very similar to the Austrian schnitzel, the Japanese tonkatsu is traditionally a pork loin